Anyone Like Me?

Ok, this is my first time ever in a chat room (is this even called a chat room?). This topic was the easiest one for me to begin with, I used to play a game with a friend, one of us would have the Macquarie and we'd flip it open to a random page and test the other on a word, usually a strange word. Am I alone here or does anyone else play nerdy games like that?

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